Sunday, April 25, 2010

coffee liqueur

Once when Satoshi and I had lunch at Kamizono, they gave us some coffee liqueur before our meal.

It was my first time having a "little shot" of coffee liqueur but it was delicious.

I figured if I could make my own vanilla extract, it shouldn't be too hard to make coffee liqueur.

This recipe is adapted from something I found on a Japanese site. What I like about it was that it didn't use sugar. If you want to sweeten it up do so with your sweetner of choice. Makes about 1/2 a cup.

20 grams coffee beans, whole200 milliliters (about 1 cup) vodka

Steep in a glass jar for 8 weeks or longer.

NOTES: I used some medium roast beans, and after 8 weeks, it smells wonderful.

Wow! I is this how coffee liquor is made? I thought it was actually a fermentation process of coffee. Now I have something to do with all the Grey Goose in my refrigerator! (since I don't drink alcohol anymore) :) But then what will I do with the coffee liquor? Hahaha.